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fought on 14 October 1066 less than three weeks after the Battle of Stamford Bridge but the tapestry does not
provide this context. The English fight on foot behind a shield wall, whilst the Normans are on horses. Two fallen
knights are named as Leofwine and Gyrth, Harold's brothers, but both armies are shown fighting bravely. Bishop
Odo brandishes his baton or mace and rallies the Norman troops in battle. To reassure his knights that he is still
alive and well, William raises his helmet to show his face. The battle becomes very bloody with troops being
slaughtered and dismembered corpses littering the ground. King Harold is killed. This scene can be interpreted in
different ways, as the name "Harold" appears above a number of knights, making it difficult to identify which
character is Harold. The final remaining scene shows unarmoured English troops fleeing the battlefield. The last part
of the tapestry is missing but it is thought that story never continued for very much further.
Wikipedia: Robin Hood - Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English
folklore - A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for
"robbing from the rich and giving to the poor" assisted by a group of
fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men" - The idea of Robin Hood as a
high-minded Saxon fighting Norman lords also originates in the 19th
century - The 20th century grafted still further details on to the original
legends. The 1938 film, The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol
Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, portrayed Robin as a hero on a national
scale, leading the oppressed Saxons in revolt against their Norman
overlords while Richard the Lionheart fought in the Crusades; this
movie established itself so definitively that many studios resorted to
movies about his son (invented for that purpose) rather than compete
with the image of this one
There are a number of theories that attempt to identify a historical Robin Hood. A difficulty with any such historical
search is that "Robert" was in medieval England a very common given name, and "Robin" (or Robyn), especially in
the 13th century, was its very common diminutive. The surname "Hood" (or Hude or Hode etc.), referring ultimately
to the head-covering, was also fairly common. Unsurprisingly, therefore, there are a number of people called
"Robert Hood" or "Robin Hood" to be found in medieval records. Some of them are on record for having fallen
afoul of the law, but this is not necessarily significant to the legend. The early ballads give a number of possible
historical clues: notably, the Gest names the reigning king as "Edward", but the ballads cannot be assumed to be
reliable in such details. For whatever it may be worth, however, King Edward I took the throne in 1272, and an
Edward remained on the throne until the death of Edward III in 1377. On the other hand, what appears to be the first
known example of "Robin Hood" as stock name for an outlaw dates to 1262 in Berkshire, where the surname
"Robehod" was applied to a man after he had been outlawed, and apparently because he had been outlawed. This
could suggest two main possibilities: either that an early form of the Robin Hood legend was already well
established in the mid 13th century; or alternatively that the name "Robin Hood" preceded the outlaw hero that we
know; so that the "Robin Hood" of legend was so called because that was seen as an appropriate name for an
outlaw. It has long been suggested, notably by John Maddicott, that "Robin Hood" was a stock alias used by thieves.
CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA - Crusades: The Crusades were expeditions
undertaken, in fulfilment of a solemn vow, to deliver the Holy Places
from Mohammedan tyranny - The idea of the crusade corresponds to a
political conception which was realized in Christendom only from the
eleventh to the fifteenth century - It has been customary to describe
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